Watch Ryan Fox makes historic hole-in-one for back-to-back eagles at Players Championship

It was a hole-in-one for the history books made by Ryan Fox who followed an eagle with an ace on the famed 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass in Florida on Thursday. He is the first golfer on record to make back-to-back eagles at The Players Championship, according to PGA Tour Communications.
Fox aced the par-3, 124-yard hole – famous and also dreaded for it’s island-like green surrounded by water – after his ball dropped roughly 10 feet from the hole, carried down the slope and fell into the cup.

The 37-year-old from New Zealand raised his arms in celebration before receiving a round of high-fives from his opponents.

On the 16th hole – a 515-yard, par-5 – Fox hit his approach shot from the fairway within feet of the cup and followed with a one-putt for eagle.

According to Golf.com, Fox is the 14th player with a hole-in one-on the 17th during tournament play. He joins an exclusive list that comprises of Brad Fabel (1986), Brian Claar (1991), Fred Couples (1997), Joey Sindelar (1999), Paul Azinger (2000), Miguel Angel Jimenez (2002), Willy Wilcox (2016), Sergio Garcia (2017), Ryan Moore (2019), Shane Lowry (2022), Hayden Buckley (2023), Aaron Rai (2023) and Alex Smalley (2023).